Decision details

The Council considered a schedule which provided details of the allocation of Committee Places in accordance with the Political Balance Rules and the proposed Membership of the Committees and Working Groups for 2014/15.

 

It was moved by Councillor P. Dowd, seconded by Councillor Maher:

 

That:

 

(1)       the allocation of Committee Places in accordance with the Political Balance Rules, as set out below, be noted; and

 

(2)       the Members, Chairs and Vice-Chairs for the Committees and Working Groups as set out in the schedule be appointed for a period of twelve months until the Adjourned Annual Council Meeting to be held in May 2015.

 

An amendment was moved by Councillor Robertson, seconded by Councillor Ashton that Paragraph (2) of the Motion be amended by the addition of the following text:

 

“except that the Audit and Governance Committee shall be chaired by a Member of the largest opposition party.”

 

Following debate thereon, on a show of hands, the Mayor declared that the amendment was lost by 37 votes to 25.

 

A further amendment was moved by Councillor Hartill, seconded by Councillor Papworth that the Motion be amended as follows:

 

“That Councillor Ball be appointed as a Member of the Public Engagement and Consultation Panel and Councillor Dutton be appointed as a Substitute Member for Councillor Ball on the Panel.”

 

Councillor P. Dowd indicated that he accepted the amendment and on a show of hands, the Mayor declared that the Revised Motion was carried by 38 votes to 24 and it was

 

RESOLVED:

 

That:

 

(1)       the allocation of Committee places in accordance with the Political Balance Rules, as set out below be noted; and

 

(2)       the Members, Chairs and Vice-Chairs for the Committees and Working Groups set out below be appointed for a period of twelve months until the Adjourned Annual Council Meeting to be held in May 2015.

 

(A)       OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEES

 

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (CHILDREN’S SERVICES) (10)

 

(Plus 4 Education Added Members and 2 Associate Members)

 

(Lab 6 / Lib Dem 3 / Con 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. Brennan	Cllr. Veidman
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. Bradshaw	Cllr. O’Brien
3.	Cllr. Ball	Cllr. Hartill
4.	Cllr. Hands	Cllr. Booth
5.	Cllr. Keith	Cllr. Maureen Fearn
6	Cllr. Murphy	Cllr. Page
7.	Cllr. McKinley	Cllr. Byrom
8.	Cllr. Preece	Cllr. Jo Barton
9.	Cllr. Thompson	Cllr. P Maguire
10.	Cllr. Webster	Cllr. Carr

 

Education Added Members (Voting Co-opted Members):

Church Diocesan Representatives appointeduntil 31 May 2015:

Canon R. Driver and Father D. Seddon.

 

Parent Governor Representatives appointed until 31 May 2016:

Mr. D. McCaughrean and Mrs. C.A. Ryan-Palmer

 

Associate Members (Non - voting Co-opted Members):

Representative and Deputy to be nominatedby Healthwatch, Sefton; and Mrs S. Cain

 

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE) (10)

 

(Plus 1 Associate Member)

(Lab 7 / Lib Dem 2 / Con 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. Page	Cllr. O’Brien
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. Robinson	Cllr. Bradshaw
3.	Cllr. David Barton	Cllr. Crabtree
4.	Cllr. Jo Barton	Cllr. S. McGuire
5.	Cllr. Burns	Cllr. Webster
6.	Cllr. Dams	Cllr. Grace
7.	Cllr. Dawson	Cllr. Keith
8.	Cllr. Gatherer	Cllr. Kermode
9.	Cllr. John Joseph Kelly	Cllr. Killen
10.	Cllr. Lappin	Cllr. Brennan

 

Associate Member (Non - voting Co-opted Member)

Representative and Deputy to be nominatedby Healthwatch, Sefton.

 

 

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (PERFORMANCE AND CORPORATE SERVICES) (10)

 

(Lab 6 / Lib Dem 3 / Con 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. McGinnity	Cllr. McKinley
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. Byrom	Cllr. Veidman
3.	Cllr. Veronica Bennett	Cllr. Dams
4.	Cllr. Booth	Cllr. Dawson
5.	Cllr. Jones	Cllr. Dutton
6.	Cllr. Kermode	Cllr. Roche
7.	Cllr. Lewis	Cllr. Ashton
8.	Cllr. Owens	Cllr. Murphy
9.	Cllr. Robinson	Cllr. Roberts
10.	Cllr. Weavers	Cllr. Shaw

 

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (REGENERATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES) (10)

(Lab 7 / Lib Dem 2 / Con 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. McKinley	Cllr. Webster
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. John Kelly	Cllr. Bradshaw
3.	Cllr. Atkinson	Cllr. Roche
4.	Cllr. Dutton	Cllr. Jones
5.	Cllr. Gatherer	Cllr. Robinson
6.	Cllr. Lappin	Cllr. Murphy
7.	Cllr. P. Maguire	Cllr. Thompson
8.	Cllr. S. McGuire	Cllr. Jo Barton
9.	Cllr. O’Brien	Cllr. McGinnity
10.	Cllr. Weavers	Cllr. Booth

 

(B)       REGULATORY AND OTHER COMMITTEES

 

APPEALS COMMITTEE

 

Members of the Council (other than Cabinet Members) to form a Panel from which 3 Members are selected to form a politically balanced Committee. (Lab 2 / Lib Dem 1 / Con 0)

 

AUDIT AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE (10)

(Lab 6 / Lib Dem 3 / Con 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. Roberts	Cllr. Friel
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. McGinnity	Cllr. Byrom
3.	Cllr. Ashton	Cllr. Robertson
4.	Cllr. Brennan	Cllr. Mahon
5.	Cllr. Mark Dowd	Cllr. Dams
6.	Cllr. Lord Fearn	Cllr. Weavers
7.	Cllr. John Joseph Kelly	Cllr. Kermode
8.	Cllr. Lappin	Cllr. Atkinson
9.	Cllr. Papworth	Cllr. Dutton
10.	Cllr. Shaw	Cllr. Lewis

 

Membership is the Leader of the Council and the other 2 Party Group Leaders (or their nominees) and 7 Non-Executive Members of the Council.

 

HEARINGS SUB-COMMITTEE OF AUDIT & GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

 

All Members of the Audit and Governance Committee will form a Panel from which 3 Members will be selected to form a Sub-Committee.

 

INITIAL ASSESSMENT SUB-COMMITTEE OF AUDIT & GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

 

All Members of the Audit and Governance Committee will form a Panel from which 3 Members will be selected to form a Sub-Committee.

 

REVIEW SUB-COMMITTEE OF AUDIT & GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

 

All Members of the Audit and Governance Committee to form a Panel from which 3 Members will be selected to form a Sub-Committee.

 

Co-opted Voting Members of Audit and Governance Standards Sub-Committees:

Parish Councillors J. Colbert (Aintree Village Parish Council); G. Lee (Melling Parish Council and D. Warren (Hightown Parish Council) have been nominated by the Sefton Area Partnership of Local Councils. – If any complaints are submitted in respect of the conduct of any Parish Councillor in the Borough, one of the above Parish Councillors will be selected to form part of the 3 Member Panel on the Sub-Committees set out above.

 

EMPLOYMENT PROCEDURE COMMITTEE

 

Members of the Council to form a panel from which a minimum of 3 Members are selected to form a politically balanced Committee (Lab 2 /Lib Dem 1 /Con 0). At least one member of the Cabinet to be included on the Committee.

 

HEALTH AND WELLBEING BOARD

 

Members appointed by the Leader of the Council	Councillor Moncur – Cabinet Member – Children, Schools, Families and Leisure (Chair)
	Councillor Cummins – Cabinet Member – Older People and Health
	Councillor John Joseph Kelly
Director of Public Health	Dr. Janet Atherton
Director Older People	Dwayne Johnson
Director of Young People and Families	Colin Pettigrew
Representative of NHS South Sefton Clinical Commissioning Group	Dr Clive Shaw
Representative of NHS Southport and Formby Clinical Commissioning Group	Dr Niall Leonard
Chief Officer of NHS South Sefton and NHS Southport and Formby Clinical Commissioning Groups	Fiona Clark
Representative of NHS England	Phil Wadeson
Representative of Healthwatch, Sefton	Maureen Kelly

 

The Local Authority (Public Health, Health and Wellbeing Boards and Health Scrutiny) Regulations 2013 made under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 provide that the Board shall be a committee of the Council. The requirement for political balance does not apply to the Board and the Act requires that the Councillor Membership is nominated by the Executive Leader (Leader of the Council).

 

LICENSING AND REGULATORY COMMITTEE (15)

 

(Lab 9 / Lib Dem 4 / Con 2) 

 

	Member
1.	Chair: Cllr. Kerrigan
2.	Vice-Chair Cllr. Robinson
3.	Cllr. Ashton
4.	Cllr. Ball
5.	Cllr. Bradshaw
6.	Cllr. Burns
7.	Cllr. Carr
8.	Cllr. Keith
9.	Cllr. Kermode
10.	Cllr. Killen
11.	Cllr. Mahon
12.	Cllr. Papworth
13.	Cllr. Preece
14.	Cllr. Thompson
15.	Cllr. Welsh

 

LICENSING AND REGULATORY (URGENT REFERRALS) COMMITTEE (3)

 

(Lab 2 / Lib Dem 1 / Con 0)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. Kerrigan	Cllr. Bradshaw
2.	Cllr. Preece	Cllr. Welsh
3.	Cllr. Robinson	Cllr. Kermode

 

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE

 

Members of the Licensing and Regulatory Committee to form a Panel from which 3 Members are selected to form a politically balanced Sub-Committee.

(Lab  2 / Lib Dem 1 / Con  0)

 

LICENSING (SEXUAL ENTERTAINMENT VENUES) SUB-COMMITTEE

 

Members of the Licensing and Regulatory Committee to form a Panel from which 3 Members are selected to form a politically balanced Sub-Committee.

(Lab  2/ Lib Dem  1/Con  0)

 

PAY AND GRADING COMMITTEE (6)

 

(Lab 4 / Lib Dem 1 / Con 1) – including Cabinet Member – Corporate Services and Performance

 

	Member
1.	Chair: Cllr. Tweed
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. Fairclough
3.	Cllr. Crabtree
4.	Cllr. Lappin
5.	Cllr. Roberts
6.	Cllr. Welsh

 

PLANNING COMMITTEE (15)

 

(Lab 9 / Lib Dem 4 / Con 2)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. Veidman	Cllr. Burns
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr. John Kelly	Cllr. John Joseph Kelly
3.	Cllr. Carr	Cllr. Page
4.	Cllr. Dodd	Cllr. Keith
5.	Cllr. Dutton	Cllr. Jones
6.	Cllr. Maureen Fearn	Cllr. Dawson
7.	Cllr. Friel	Cllr. Atkinson
8.	Cllr. Grace	Cllr. Byrom
9.	Cllr. Hands	Cllr. Welsh
10.	Cllr. Hartill	Cllr. Crabtree
11.	Cllr. Mahon	Cllr. Owens
12.	Cllr. O’Brien	Cllr. Thompson
13.	Cllr. Roberts	Cllr. Webster
14.	Cllr. Robertson	Cllr. Shaw
15.	Cllr. Roche	Cllr. Killen

 

PLANNING (URGENT REFERRALS) COMMITTEE (3)

 

(Lab 2 / Lib Dem 1 / Con 0)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr. Veidman	Cllr. Mahon
2.	Cllr. John Kelly	Cllr. Friel
3.	Cllr. Robertson	Cllr. Dodd

 

 

PLANNING VISITING PANEL (15)

 

The Panel comprises of the Members of the Planning Committee.

 

(C)       LOCAL AREA COMMITTEES

 

The Members of the Wards included below in the area of each Committee.

 

The Chair, Vice-Chair, Parish Council Representatives (where applicable) and Local Advisory Members to be appointed by the respective Area Committee.

 

CENTRAL SEFTON AREA COMMITTEE (27)

 

Ward	Member
	Cllr. Veronica Bennett
Blundellsands	Cllr. Dams
	Cllr. Papworth
	Cllr. Cummins
Church	Cllr. Veidman
	Cllr. Webster
	Cllr. Cuthbertson
Harington	Cllr. Dutton
	Cllr. Killen
	Cllr. John Joseph Kelly
Manor	Cllr. McGinnity
	Cllr. Roberts
	Cllr. Atkinson
Molyneux	Cllr. Carr
	Cllr. Murphy
	Cllr. Burns
Park	Cllr. Kermode
	Cllr. Robertson
	Cllr. Maria Bennett
Ravenmeols	Cllr. P. Maguire
	Cllr. Page
	Cllr. Gatherer
Sudell	Cllr. McKinley
	Cllr. Owens
	Cllr. Byrom
Victoria	Cllr. Grace
	Cllr. Roche

 

SOUTH SEFTON AREA COMMITTEE (18)

 

Ward	Member
	Cllr. O’Brien
Derby	Cllr. Robinson
	Cllr. Thompson
	*
Ford	Cllr. Lappin
	Cllr. Moncur
	Cllr. Fairclough
Linacre	Cllr. Friel
	Cllr. Kerrigan
	Cllr. Hardy
Litherland	Cllr. John Kelly
	Cllr. Tweed
	Cllr. Bradshaw
Netherton and Orrell	Cllr. Brennan
	Cllr. Maher
	Cllr. Mark Dowd
St. Oswald	Cllr. Peter Dowd
	Cllr. Mahon

 

*The Mayor, Councillor K. Cluskey will not be a Member of the Area Committee during his year of office.

 

SOUTHPORT AREA COMMITTEE (21)

 

Ward	Member
	Cllr. Hartill
Ainsdale	Cllr. Jones
	Cllr. Preece
	Cllr. Brodie-Browne
Birkdale	Cllr. Hands
	Cllr. Shaw
	Cllr. Crabtree
Cambridge	Cllr. Keith
	Cllr. S. McGuire
	Cllr. Ball
Dukes	Cllr. David Barton
	Cllr. Dawson
	Cllr. Booth
Kew	Cllr. Maureen Fearn
	Cllr. Weavers
	Cllr. Ashton
Meols	Cllr. Jo Barton
	Cllr. Dodd
	Cllr. Lord Fearn
Norwood	Cllr. Lewis
	Cllr. Welsh

 

(D)       CONSULTATIVE BODIES

 

INDEPENDENT REMUNERATION PANEL(3 members)

 

Mr. E. Davies            }

Mr. J. Fraser              }           4 year term until May 2016

Mrs. S. Lowe             }

 

(To advise and make recommendations to the Authority about the allowances to be paid to Elected Members).

 

JOINT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE FOR TEACHING STAFFS

 

(9 Council Members plus 9 Teacher representatives)

 

(Lab 6 / Lib Dem 2 / Con 1)

	Member	Substitute
1.	Cllr. Jo Barton	Cllr. Hands
2.	Cllr. Brennan	Cllr. P. Maguire
3.	Cllr. Bradshaw	Cllr. Grace
4.	Cllr. Crabtree	Cllr. Ball
5.	Cllr. Cummins	Cllr. Tweed
6.	Cllr. Peter Dowd	Cllr. McKinley
7.	Cllr. Keith	Cllr. Booth
8.	Cllr. Killen	Cllr. Page
9	Cllr. Moncur	Cllr. John Kelly

 

LOCAL JOINT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

 

(12 Council Members plus 12 Trade Union Representatives)

 

(Lab 8 / Lib Dem 3 / Con 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Cllr. Carr	Cllr. Kermode
2.	Cllr. Dawson	Cllr. Maureen Fearn
3.	Cllr. Peter Dowd	Cllr. Maher
4.	Cllr. Fairclough	Cllr. Friel
5.	Cllr. Lord Fearn	Cllr. Robertson
6.	Cllr. Grace	Cllr. Dams
7.	Cllr. Lewis	Cllr. Jo Barton
8.	Cllr. Murphy	Cllr. Mahon
9.	Cllr. McGinnity	Cllr. Atkinson
10.	Cllr. Papworth	Cllr. Ball
11.	Cllr. Tweed	Cllr. John Joseph Kelly
12	Cllr. Webster	Cllr. McKinley

 

 

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND CONSULTATION PANEL  (4)

 

(Lab 2 / Lib Dem 1 / Con 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Cabinet Member – Corporate Services and Performance – Cllr. Tweed	Cllr. Byrom
2.	Cllr. Ashton	Cllr.S. McGuire
3.	Cllr. Ball	Cllr. Dutton
4.	Cllr.Robinson	Cllr. Owens

 

(E)       MAJOR SERVICE GOVERNANCE BODY

 

FINANCE AND INFORMATION SERVICES OPERATIONAL BOARD (1)

 

Cabinet Member - Corporate Services and Performance (Councillor           Tweed).